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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-04-07

l1nu, STOCKS OF eacn, groceries. I1aru-
ware, Boots & Shoes, and Dry Goods.
lW e.. NJ. BROOKS.
Mr.. Aagaard, agent for Frederiksen
& Co., informs US that he has sold
some 1000 acres of land since spring
uncovered the ground.
Ford's Dramatic co. closed an en-
gagement of four nights on Saturday
evening last with the play of Monte
Cristo. They have drawn good houses
and gave good satisfaction, and will be
welcome when they come again.
The Sons of Veterans held their first
social on Tuesday night and were quite
successful, netting about S1S. They
think Of organizing themselves into a
militia company and will drill from
this time on.
Seeding has been going on for q
week or more around Worthington. A
little squaw winter spread a blanket
of snow over the fields on Sunday, just
enough to sprinkle them.
For A CASH CUSTOMER - Wanted,
an improved farm, must be cheap. No
commission charged seller. Address
giving location. price and full descrip-
ton. Box 81, Worthin9ton. 1w
Real Estate Agent Moulton has
rented the Dondore place to Mr.. Reed
and the former Clippenger place to
John Darby. We hear that there is
more inquiry this year for places to
rent than ever before.
Thingvalla Line Tickets on time un
til November LIST, 1887.
SO 1w. S. K1NDLUND.
ton, is busy lawyer. We cannot say
just how many cases lie is interested in
before the present April term of the
Supreme Court of the state, but we
know that the ADVANCE has printed
ten different paper books and briefs, in
all about 100 pages Of matter. Four OF
five of the books are in right of way
cases appealed by the c. II. 1. F. & Nv.
Ry. Co., Mr.. Rohrer being the attorney
of that road.
ages at BARRIERS. 31tf
East bound passenger trains on
Tuesday were six and three ''ours late,
respectively, owing to wrecked
freight train at Carnes sidetrack, be.
tween Alton and Seney. Tie wreck
was caused by broken rail. The en-
CINE and six cars were ditched and
blocked the track so train No. l west
bound and train No. 2 east bound
transferred. Train No. 4 got by the
wreck. No one was hurt by the accid.
ent.
On Saturday a number of the Wor.
thington w. r. e. went to Heron
Lake to institute corps at that place.
The party consisted of Mrs. Town,
Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Shell, Mrs. Bulls,
Mrs. Thayer. Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Rob
erts, Mrs. Mcdowell, Mrs. Mclean,
Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Paisley. They
were accompanied by Com. Town, ex.
Com. l.. NJ. Lange, and Comrades Nc
Dowell and Bennett, of Stoddard
Post. They organized a Relief Corps
of % charter members. In the evening
| they installed the officers after which
a camp fire was held at the Pioneer
House, where the Heron Lake ladies
gave a fine supper and presented the
Worthington ladies two sets of vases
for the hall. Music, addresses and a
good social time made them all happy
and established one more fraternal
bond between Heron Lake and Wor.
Ellington.
| School Books and School Supplies at
32tf BARRIERS.
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Weather report for March, 1887:

Weather report for March, 1887:
Coolest at 7 a. m , 4th, IA below.
Warmest at 2p. m, 18th, 81 above.
Average. 80 above.
Windy days 10, cloudy days IA, snow
fall q inches.
The past month has been an average
March. ]. H. MAXWELL.
Energy will do almost anything, but
it cannot exist if the blood is impure
>hd moves sluggishly in the veins.
There is nothing so good for cleansing
the blood and lmparting energy to the
system as Ayers Sarsaparilla. Price
81. Six bottles SIS. Sold by druggists.
Prof. Meeke, the elocutionist, is
posted to read at St. James and other
towns in this vicinity. Hope lie will
visit us again, for he is one of the best
readers before the public.
Itch, Prairie Mango, and Scratches
of every kind cured in 80 Minutes by
Woolford' S Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by
c. W. Smith, Druggist, W0rthington.
MINI. Is ly
The Mankato Free Press is out with
a neat six column daily. Mankato
ought to be big enough now to support
daily.
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LOCAL..
WoBrHlNoToK. MIMI, APRIL 7. 1857.

CLUB RATES.
The ADVANCE Is arnished at q 50 . year to
Clubs of ten or mols. Clubs Of ton for SIX months
IS cents for each Subscriber.
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Easter next Sunday.

Minor arrival on Sunday last at the
residence of F. G. Crandall, a girl.
Land must be advancing. A party
bought a quarter section the other day
for 50 per acre and before night sold it
for $1O.5O.
New Spring Millinery at Mrs. De-
VOLTS. Latest Styles. In prices we
defy competition. 33tf
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LAND SALES

School Books and School Supplies at
32tf BARBER'S,
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OFFICIAL PAPER.

Mobiles County,
Village of Worthington.
u. s. Land Office.
Parties desiring to keep postcdin any public
matter relating to Mobiles county must have the
ADVANCE.
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AN END TO BONE sCRAP1NG.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrodsbure.
ILL.,, says: 'Having received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Haye had a running sore on
my leg for eight years; my doctors told
me would have to have the bone
scraped or leg amputated. 1 used, in
stead, three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and
WE'LL" Electric Bitters are sold at 81
cents bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica
Salye at Csc box by e. w. Smith. 5
Burt W. Day has sold the Jackson
Republic to A. B. Allen. He has made
q No. paper of the Republic and we
give him cordial editorial send.off.
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Ford's Dramatic Co. closed an en-
gagement of four nights on Saturday
evening last with the play of Monte
Cristo. They have drawn good houses
and gave good satisfaction, and will be
welcome when thew come AGAIN.
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q. C. CRUNDSTEN.
Real E state Agent.

Improved and Unimproved Lands, also Emf.
grants Tickets for sale, Fire Insurance.
and money forwarded to Europe.
WORTH1NGTON, MINI.
+. l4.6-ly
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4porthingtun Sdvanff.
Il o. of u. W,

Worthingtt n Lodge No 65 meets every alter
nate Friday evening.
G. +. SHEPARD. Master Workman.
Il. w. MOBERLY, Recorder.
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Real Estate Agent Moulton has
rented the Dondore place to Mr.. Reed
and the former Clippenger place to
John Darby. We hear that there is
more inquiry this year for places to
rent than ever before.
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In our item last week concerning the
weighing of mail matter we omitted
the state of Minnesota. the most i'm.
portant one in the district.
Those desiring q boarding place
please call at the residence of
80 I'm J. II. BLY,.
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Mr.. Aagaard, agent for Frederiksen
& Co., informs US that he has sold
some 1000 acres of land since spring
uncovered the ground.
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9tOd1ard Post No. 81 meets tristan thir d
esturdayevenings in each m )lt hate. A. r .
hall.
j. A. Town, Commander.
r. B. PLOTTS Adiutant.
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For A CASH CUSTOMER - Wanted,
an improved farm, must be cheap. No
commission charged seller. Address
giving location. price and full descrip-
ton. Box 81, WOrthin&ton. 1w
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For EXCHANGE-FOr farms Or wild
land, stocks of each, Groceries. Hard
ware, Boots & Shoes, and Dry Goods.
lW T.. NJ. BROOKS.
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McManus & Fender have put mob
by new counter with marble top in
their meat store. This begins to look
like business.
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Garden Seeds IN bulk and in pack
ages at Barber's. stiff
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-04-07

You can get the best gasoline at H.
E. TorranceA BOW
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Thingvalla Line Tickets on time I'm
til November LIST, 1857.
SO 1W. S. K1NDLUND.
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200 bushels of Seed Barley for sale.
Apply to N. A. CALL,
81 wv Sioux Falls Junction.
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A full and complete line of Millinery
on hand at Mrs. II. F. Bakers. 32t1
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Worthington Markets.

Farm for sale, q miles from Wor
Ellington. Inquire at this office. Sit
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
Shakespeare.

How do YOU account for Shakes
peare, born parents who could neither
read nor write, held in the lap of ig-
norance and love, nursed at the breast
of poverty-how do you account for
him, by Tar the greatest of the human
race, the wings of whose imagination
still fill the horizon of human thought.
Shakesp are, who was perfectly &C.
quainted with the human heart, knew
all depths of borrow, all heights of joy,
and in whose mind was the fruit OF all
thought, of all experience and q
prophecy of all to be; Shakespeare,
the wisdom and beauty and depth of
whose words increase with the intel
ligence and civilization of mankind?
How do you account Tor this miracle :?
Do you believe that any founder of
any re igion could have written Lear
or Hamlet? Did Greece ever produce
man who could, by any possibility,
have been the author OF Iroilus and
CreseidaP Was there among the
countless millions OF mighty Rome an
intellect that could have written the
tragedy of Julius Casarl Is not the
play of antony and Cleopatra as
Egyptian as the Nile? How do you
account for this man, within whose
veins there seemed to be the blood OF
every race, and in whose brains there
was the poetry and philosophy of q
world ?--tColonel lngersoll.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
How She Reads the Paper.

Did you ever notice how a woman
reads a paper? She always begins by
looking for a marriage notice. Then
their monologue runs something like
this: 81 don't see it" (reading the
headings). cit is Nip and Tuck
Now no that's between the typeset.
tiers and their union. Explosion Of
Natural Cas- that's not it either. "A
Bride from the Chippewas;' well, the
bride we want is blue-blooded, blu
not red.skinned.; though, as the Irish
girl said: They say the rale Ameri-
kins do be red,' "A One-day Circus
that's not it, though it might we'll be.
All Important Treaty. nor that. o
here "A Grewsome Gathering Ono /;
that's about cemetery suprintend-
ents, after all. Fashion Notes
The Raglan is the wrap of the passing
moment 0, is it? Well when any
moment passes me wrapped in rag
Ian, you bet I'll seize that moment.
Here it is at last. Result OF Com
bine.' Queer way to put it. Gracious
that's about sugar. A Costly Blum
der'-that's rank, anyhow. Q, that's
about registration. No New Trial for
Them Guess there will be-in the
divorce court. However, that's about
the Anarchists. Wife Murder Of
course. A Rejected Lover Kills His
Girl What nice thing it is to be a
woman nowadays! If you marry your
husband kills you-if you don't marry
your lover murders you. Social
Events Here it is at last. 'Golding
and Bright Lovely and accomplished
bride. OF course, every bride is that.
Nothing said about her two previous
engagements. Groom, prominent cit
izen. Exactly. No mention made oil
his late divorce, though. Well, news
papers only give news. l sup ose.
The wedding is news, but the other
facts wouldn't be. "-Chicago Journal.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
DISCOURAGING FOR HUMORISTS
No Chance of Avoiding the Ring
of the Chestnut He'll.

It may be roundly asserted that it
is almost impossible to invent such a
thing as an original jest. The person
who first hears it or makes it may
think it is original; but the chances
are that it is veritable Joe Miller,
and that it has done service hundreds
of times before it occurred to that
particular person. TaAe for ex-
ample story told by Mr.. Payn,
He says that when at Elton a fifth
form young gentleman inquired of
him in a drawling voice: Clover
boy, what might your name be ?"
"Well," replied Mr.. Payn, sit might
be Beelzebub, but it isn't''-an ex-
cellent repartee, for which, however,
he received a good hiding. Very
likely the genial and highly gifted
no elist had heard the story told of
somebody, and forgot all about it.
But, by "a phenomenon OF the working
of the mind, into which we need not
enter, the main idea may have been
slowed away in his memory; and
thus he was, in sense, guilty of I'M
conscious plagiarism.
Surprising, however, that such a
thing as an original joke could be in
vented, it would not be easily allowed
to die. 1t might find its way into
Punch, and then wander into some
of the American, French, Italian OF
German comic papers. Then it nigh
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
History of Strong Liquor.

Strong liquors are modern lnven-
ton. The ancients knew OF nothing
more powerful than light fermented
wines, and have left warnings enough
of the abuse of them. Alcohol was
not discovered till the seventh CEN
fury, although an older story exists OF
a monk, Marcus, who collected and
condensed in wool the steam of heated
wine, and then pressed out from the
wool balsam which he applied to
the wounds of those who fell at the
siege of Rheims, in tie reign of
Clovis 1. He also mixed this balsam
with honey, and produced a cordial
which brought the moribund back to
life. Clovis, however, did not wait
for the approach of death before claim
ing his share of the cordial.
According to DR.. Sanford Chaille,
the distillation of spirits from wine
was not discovered till the twelfth
century, and spirits did not come into
common use as drinks until the fif
teenth, sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries. Professor Arnoldus de
Villanova, in the fourteenth century,
made panacea of the water-of-life,
which gave sweet breath and fortified
the memory, besides being good for
sore eyes. the toothache and the govt,
and having other wonderful proper
ties. Distilled spirits came into use
in London n A., and had to be pro-
hibited in 149i. Michael Savonarola
produced a treatise on making the
water-of-life in the fifteenth century,
which became a standard authority on
the subject, and was followed by the
work of Matthioli de Sienna. These
hooks gave the start to brandy-makins
in Italy, whence the trade extended
to France.
About 1920 the Irish usquebaugh
began to acquire repu alton in Eng
land. Before 1901, "brand wine"
had become to be distilled in the low
countries from app es, pears and malt,
and in that an ordinance was passed
at Tourney forbidding the sale of the
liquor except by apothecaries, partly
"because of the dearness of corn, and
partly because of the drunkenness
which this cheap brand wine caused,
to the great prejudice not alone OF
homes and lives, but to the extreme
anger of the souls OF the drinkers,
many of whom had died without con-
fession."
The art of extracting alcohol from
other substances was gradually dis
covered, and liquors Of various names
came into use. The trade grew great
and the present century has seen a
new development OF it in
the general application of the art of
"doctoring liquors. Popular Science
Monthly.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
A Most wonderful Accident

A peculiar accident occurred to a
passenger train Monday night at Mil
lord. The tire on one of the dri ing
wheels burst, and one piece shattered
several sections OF fence. Another
piece whizzed past the fireman's head,
entered the baggage car, passed
through it and the smoking car, flew
through the first passenger coach, and
left the train at the rear end of the
second coach without doing any in
jury to passengers or crew. The train
was running about forty miles an hour
at the time, and the flying piece OF
tire had the velocity of a cannon ball.
1t sounded like shell scream as il
flew through the coaches. The dam
age to the cars is about $300.-[Phila-
delphia Press.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
HOW CHAMPAGNE is SOLD.
New York Consumes More THAI
Any other City in the Country.

ANY Other city III 'he country
On one OF the streets OF New York
running at right angles with Broad
way is big but dlngy store. 0reat
brass signs on either SIDE OF the DO
indicate that 1t Is Wholesale VINE
house. You enter the Offices, which
have a dark out not depressing ap'
pearance, and are met by one OF the
retalners, VINO inquiries your puslheSs.
You state that you wish to see the
head OF the house, and alter some de-
lay :, on are shown into the erofflce
Of the establishment. A man who
looks the type OF an elderly french
count, but who Is German, sits slipping
champagne with rich customer, land
when you enter he taps bell and Or
ders the retainer, who responds to the
call, to bring another quart bottle OF
wine. Two or three OF the agents of
the firm drop in, and as they Zip their
wine they and tue father OF the house,
whose establishment and attaches
represent the typical rich wine
place of the metropolis. tell
you about the wine business OF
america. You hear the somewhat as
tonishlny assertion that the people of
the United States are drinking little if
any more imported wine than they
did decade ago, Notwithstanding the
increase of population and wealth.
You are told that this is because the
mass of Americans appear to be be
coming more 9, onomical and to be
learning to drink more beer and less
wine.
New York, of course, consumes
more champagne than any other city
in the United States, but Chicago uses
a large amount of it. This is due to
the fact that it is great speculative
centre. Spectators are the most lib
eral imbibers of champagne in the
country, and places which cater to
them are constantly besieged by the
keen agents of the wine houses.
These agents are fashionably
dressed, elegant gentlemen, but their
fe is hard one. They must drink
wine and spend money literally, and
each must have, besides a pleasing
address, an iron constitution. They
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
PRESSED FROM SWEET HERBS.
Peppermint OIL, Where IL Is
Grown, and whittier shipped.


"Tle spectators are at work
again." said wholesale druggist
when shown dispatch from Lyons,
New York, stating that there are over
zoo. 900 pounds of peppermint oil in
Wayne county, and in consequence,
the price is lower than at any time in
the last thirty years.
Peppermint is a small crop COM
pared with wheat or corn" he contin-
ued, land it is grown on small terri
tory, Wayne county, in this state,
producing nearly all the peppermint
oil that is used in the world. These
facts make it a tempting field for spec
ulatiOn."
GLOW do the spectators operate ?"
"They begin Just as that dispatch
indicates-frst, by saying that there
is a large quantity of oil held over
from last ysar, which is not true then
they overstate the amount on hand,
and finally they clinch the matter by
saying that only $3.50 a pound is
offered. That price may be offered,
but the farmers who produce the oil
are too sharp to sell at less than $3.50
pound, and they will hold it and
beat the speculators at their own
game"
"Why is not more of it raised?"
"The mint needs peculiar soil and
special care ia needed both in the
raising of the plant and the distil ing
of the oil. The crop is grown on land
that is moist and has a rich, sandy
loan The mint is planted in the
burrows thirty inches apart, and while
growing requires great deal of cult
walton, as every weed has to be kept
out. Otherwise the oil would not be
good. When full grown and in bloom
it is cut with scythe and hauled to
the still as soon as it is wilted.
"Large steam tubs with tightly-ft-
ting covers are used to hold the mint,
which is trampled down thoroughly.
The steam is turned on at the bottom,
and passing upu ard through the mint,
vaporizes the oil and carries it out
through a pipe at the top. The pipe
carries the steam and oil into spiral
worm or cooler, surrounded by cold
water. Here the Steam is condensed
into cold water, and the oil settles on
the top of it. Both now pass to a
receiving tank, which has an overflow
pipe running from the bottom up
nearly to level with the top. The
object Of this is to draw off the water
from the bottom and leave the oil to
be dipped from the top. The oil is
clear in color as the best kerosene.
1t is packed in tin cans for shipment,
and is sent all over the United States,
and considerable of it goes abroad. y
IN. Y. Mail and Express.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
monday was a acknowledgements
day in San Jose"

"Monday was a acknowledgements
day in San jose"
The Californians are having a high
old time with their ranches, orchards
and wineries as their vineyards arc
locally spoken Of. Visitors from the
East, attracted by the fame of fortunes
made in fruit farming, are rushing in
by every overland train. They &c
singly and in parties, but all
with money to invest. Work
ing men with their families in
search of homes, capitalists looking
out for investments, spectators on
the hunt for options out Of which a
few thousand dollars may be picked
all crowd into the "golden gardens
OF California. In quite small towns
as many as fifty thousand visitors have
been recorded in the past summer
season. The passenger business on
the Southern Pacific Railway has been
unprecedented, and one of tue off.ials
of the road stated recently that
they had not piece of rolling stock
of any kind but was in full work.
This is the greatest rush, in fact, that
California has ever had and it has
enjoyed more booms than any other
State. For every man who went to
the diggings there are now twenty
hurrying along to the wineries; for
every dollar made out of nuggets a
hundred are being got out OF grapes
and peaches.
The boom itself will no doubt cool
down by degrees. but there will be
somethii & | it 0 far more Importance
Southern California will have estab-
lished itself as the fruit garden of the
world. Already it is drawing enorm-
GUS revenues from its orchards and
vineyards, but that is only be-
ginning. Its methods hitherto
have been rude and haphazard
compared with the science and skill
now being introduced into them. Its
irrigation system will be enormously
extended and made more efficient.
There is wa er enough in the Sierras
to food the whole coast if necessary.
1t only needs to be brought down and
judicially distributed. Given an am
pie supply Of water, there will be
nothing else wanting to generous
and profitable agriculture. Sunshine
California always mas In abundance
ana after all II Is me great crop
hard il this country to extract sun
beams from logs ana cioaas' can nave
no conception Oh tne 'erllilzing power
OF real sunshine; Inc report Oh Mr..
george baoen foweil on Caiiiofn'a
irult crops VIII souhu almost Ihcfsoi.
PIE 10 tnem; ana yet every "ofd Oh
IL Is wilton the marx For grapes ne
gives IOur 10 SIX IONS as the average,
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recommend itself to an English
journalist who had not seen it in it's
original form, and in the course of
time again find its way into one or the
other Of the foreign papers. In each
case it would be adapted" to suit the
circumstances; new names would be
given to the heroes, and new places
discovered for their habitation. This
sort of thing would go on until the
story could be easily recognized, and
then our American cousins would call
it "chestnut"-that is, on aged and
decrepit thing.-[Chamber's Journal.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-04
Two Thriving Towns,

Kansas City Man-'Why, our city
is so crowded with strangers anxious
to invest in real estate that it takes a
man fifteen minutes to walk block. =
Omaha Man-''Oh, that's nothing;
The streets of Omaha are SO damned
that the ladies have been compelled
to give up wearing bustles.'-lHar
per's Bazaar.